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Automatic Identification of Screen Ruling on Printed Copy

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Abstract

When processing images which need to be descreened it is necessary to select the screen ruling of the origination before the scan as this determines the scan resolution and enables optimum screen filtering to be used. This requires the user to know what the screen resolution is of the origination. Most users can not tell what the screen resolution is simply by looking at the origination and require the aide of a manual tool to determine the screen. This in itself can be difficult to use and can be a time consuming process to conduct (ie. Find the manual tool, select a suitable area, twist the tool to give the desired result).
It is possible to measure the screen ruling by analysing a high resolution scan of a small area of the image. Thus the screen ruling can be determined automatically without user intervention.
This process consists of
1. Automatically identifying a suitable region for close examination from a low resolution preview that has not been descreened
2. Scanning the suitable region at a high enough resolution not to alias the screen and calculate the screen ruling from the Fourier transform.

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United Kingdom)

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Introduction

When processing images which need to be
descreened it is necessary to select the screen ruling of the origination
before the scan as this determines the scan resolution and enables optimum
screen filtering to be used.� This
requires the user to know what the screen resolution is of the
origination.� Most users can not tell
what the screen resolution is simply by looking at the origination and require
the aide of a manual tool to determine the screen.� This in itself can be difficult to use and can be a time
consuming process to conduct (ie. Find the manual tool, select a suitable area,
twist the tool to give the desired result).

It is possible to measure the screen
ruling by analysing a high resolution scan of a small area of the image.� Thus the screen ruling can be determined
automatically without� user
intervention.

This process consists of

1. Automatically identifying a suitable region for close examination
from a low resolution preview that has not been descreened

2. Scanning the suitable region at a high enough resolution not to
alias the screen and calculate the screen ruling from the Fourier transform.

Theory
behind process

Identify suitable region for close
examination

Target requirement

The ideal region is a flat tint region
which has the screen present in all three channels.�

A flat tint is preferable as we do not
need to discriminate between high frequency image detail and screen frequency
when it comes to calculating the screen frequency from the high resolution
scan.

Also we need to discriminate between flat
tints with screens and flat tints produced from spot colours.

Process

Sub devide� the low resolution image into tile segments. Each segment should
cover the same area, on the copy, as the area we will examine at the high resolution
to measure the screen ruling.